Tuesday, January 30, 2007

today we are still tired.

4.48 pm
lesson ended at 2-30pm
We are all at the media hub, having a training for the tablet PC
hungry.
tired.
lots of work
waiting
and more waiting, because we are not listening anymore.
how to listen anymore? We are all so tired now.
Marcus is playing hp game.
Mas is Surfing net for pictures. Chuimin is listening, still.
new teacher is hardworking -
most of us are msn-ing .
now,
lap-top burnt.
soon.
backache.
very soon.

reader k | 1/30/2007 04:49:00 PM | 2 comments
Sunday, January 21, 2007

happy lonely

it's not unusual to see mad people around us.
mad - mentally unstable

i drove by this 24hrs coffee shop near my place quite a lot on the way home especially, at times in the day too. besides the familiar stationery structure, the most distinctive movable feature would have to be this lady in a batik-print dress pyjamas.

she walks up and down that stretch of road everyday, eyes-a-blank, lips moving frantically, in a mumbbling-pattern. she has good posture while she walks, i must say.

it hurts a little to see her. strange to feel that way. maybe because i do not know her. perhaps for i know, that is the best way to be.

at times we allow ourselves to stare blankly in the air.
when do we manage to let ourselves go even further that our souls sprint into the air, leaving the empty shell, walking up and down a street as an everyday fashion-must-have?

it's not sad afterall.

reader k | 1/21/2007 10:50:00 AM | 10 comments

share the joy of sharing


a few weeks ago i'd message chloe and hanxiang to ask if they are willing to come by some time to give a talk to the present art students about the art courses they are currently taking in LaSalle. To my surprise, they agree to do it right on. That super-positive response spur me to contact more of these big-kiddies who are out there on their own exploring the art / design fields. I was so happy that all of them are eager to come by to share their experiences.

after a few times of change of dates and etc, we finally have them over on the 20th Jan 2007, a saturday in school.

throughout the whole talk, I was busy talking to some 4N students about their coursework so i've only managed to catch parts of the talks here and there, but I love what I heard.

something like this:
' we have learnt to appreciate every little details around us. '
' art friend is really our friend! '
' a lot of hard work, but it's worth. '

they have also brought along big files of their works to share with the students and fed them with a lot of personalised first-hand information they may not get even if they visited the open house.

the intended 1 hour session was extended to 2 hours.

after packing up, i wanted to give them a lunch treat. they only wanted to go to the coffee shop beside the school, simply because they have missed the food there. over lunch, they have also express interest to come by to help out with the art camps.

i suppose these little things, responses and seeing your students grow, are the perks of teaching. we used to teach them, now we are able to work with them. totally blessed.



Ex and present, all are YUSOFFIANS! :)

reader k | 1/21/2007 09:58:00 AM | 1 comments
Friday, January 19, 2007

for the service of mankind and more

now that i have my fridays free of art coursework remedials, i'm able to spend more time with my cadets and be with them for training.

last weekend we had our annual cca recruitment day. after more than half a saturday has gone, Wid asked me how many cadets i have recruited from the new sec ones. i told her we have more casualties to attend to than cadets recruited (exaggerated!). but it's true that while every cca is busy pulling and attracting people to join their gang, our cadets also have the duties to look after the well-being of everyone present that day. of course we hope for zero casualities at any events, but in such events, the real incident is definitely better than re-enactment. no, no, we are not evil, we always cross out fingers that our casualities will not be in drastic pain, and they will leave with a smile after receiving our service. :)

so, yes, for the service of mankind, and more.

march on, my cute little st.john!


reader k | 1/19/2007 11:45:00 PM | 0 comments
Wednesday, January 17, 2007

where is lunch?

school hours are getting longer, some of us felt.
since day one of school, my 24 hours have been divided into
12-hours-day in school
1-hour-day travelling
1-hour-day dinner
5.5-hours-day of sleep
4.5-hours-day of misc chores and stonning

within the 12-hours-day in school, i can hardly find lunch hour.
school ends at 2.30 pm on average. if we have class from 10am onwards, lunch has to be consumed before 10am, which usually is common.
by the time the last lesson ends at 2.30pm, you clean up the mess and bring your tired body back to the staff room, it's about 3pm. you stone for 5 mins here and there, see students here and there, visit the toilet after hours of not-going, and finally settled at your desk once again to do some real work, it's almost 4 pm plus. at about 7pm plus, you will hear the aircon vent go quiet, and auntie's keys cling-clink sound coming near as she locks the door, hinting you that she wants to go home soon. and you realised that the pile of work you have hasn't gone down an inch at all, but your sugar level has dropped tremendously. your body ached all over and you just felt like crying inside.

stepping out of the staff room, the sky is already dark. sometimes when you get to see a little light before sun set, it's just simply happiness.

and you thought,'another 11.5 hours later, i'm back here again.'



reader k | 1/17/2007 04:51:00 PM | 1 comments
Tuesday, January 02, 2007

that ended the year


the year ended with another graduation night.
this year's was not as hyper and passionate as last year's though it is a bigger group, i felt. anyway, the food was not too bad. the irritating thing was not able to stay out late as we have meetings at work the following day :(



the 4e4 art students. missing christine and syafiqah


my dear maslina who stood by with me for these past 2 years, enduring the monsters :)


chui min, the extra helping hand that came just in time to join the art department. valuable asset!


beloved zech and marcus who had made another year so bearable. seah's cold jokes made the task too :)


the noisy girls of 4e4 art class.


love these guys, they add colours and sounds to the art room.


my BASKETBALL trio always act cool but are actually very shy :)


my dearest friends who took in all my whines for this year. more to come. missing sandy.


auntie mdm lee, loved by all in the staff room. she has been very caring and helpful to all of us.

reader k | 1/02/2007 05:59:00 PM | 0 comments
previous
About a certain dog named Kiki
the NEW year
i had a drama / dream
it's about time
non-friend's emotional whine
DNA and the Dizzy Spells
coming to closure
:(
Film Festival
much random
archives
April 2005
May 2005
June 2005
July 2005
August 2005
September 2005
October 2005
November 2005
December 2005
January 2006
February 2006
March 2006
April 2006
May 2006
June 2006
July 2006
August 2006
September 2006
October 2006
November 2006
December 2006
January 2007
February 2007
March 2007
April 2007
May 2007
June 2007
July 2007
August 2007
September 2007
October 2007
November 2007
December 2007
February 2008
March 2008
April 2008
May 2008
June 2008
July 2008
August 2008
September 2008
October 2008
November 2008
December 2008
March 2009
April 2009
May 2009
August 2009
September 2009
October 2009
January 2010
June 2010
tag